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OT for wine lovers
I have found a new favorite table wine, and it has a screw top.
I was at the store the other day and found a bottle of French wine with chickens on the label. I don't usually drink French wine because frankly, it's usually crap, but I was amused, so I bought it for a friend who I knew would appreciate it. On the way through the store I was asked by no fewer than three employees whether I had tried it before. For some reason, the label haunted me (in my head it is called "chicken wine") and I had to go back and get a bottle... the wine guy chatted with me for a long time about grapes, and he pointed out the screw top. We finally had a chance to drink it last night, and it was nummy... a lovely, perfectly serviceable table wine with a rich fruitiness and a hint of blackberry. I went back and bought a case! It's called La Vieille Ferme, and as the name would imply, past years have also had farm animals on the label. The chicken label is for 2003, and I can vouch for the goodness of chicken wine. My last favorite table wine also had a screw top, but alas I cannot find it any more. It was called "Screw Kappa Nappa" (for reals) and it seemed to be a collaborative promotional effort on the part of some better Napa valley vineyards to coax the buying public to accept screw caps on quality wine. It failed, but for a short time the excellent Cabernet selling under that label could be had for a ridiculously low price. -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com |
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LOL We've had the Screw Kappa Napa! We liked it okay but it wasn't in my
personal top 10. OTOH, if you have a Trader Joe's near you, DO try the Charles Shaw. Mike likes the Cabernet a bunch, I like the Shiraz, and I drink and cook with the Sauvignon Blanc fairly often. (Geez, I sound like a wino!) In California they sell it for $1.99 a bottle, earning it the loving nickname "two buck Chuck". Here in AZ it's another dollar, but still quite worth the price. One of our other favorites, from Spain, is a nice blended red called Borsao. It's tanniny, with a really tasty berry finish. (Geez, I almost sound like I know something. Ha!) Yesterday we went to one of our favorite gourmet supermarkets (I get to go only with permission, generally with a chaperone G). For anyone who knows Phoenix, it's a local chain called AJ's. They have a wonderful wine selection and even someone on staff who KNOWS wine. Yesterday we stumbled on a tasting of some Aussie wines....Red Knot Cabernet and White Knot Chardonnay. The chardonnay is crisp and refreshing without being too sweet. And it has a "zork" cap....opens like a cork, recloses like a screwcap. LOL The cabernet is wonderful! Rich with a nice tannin but very smooth, and berries at the end. And $12.99 a bottle. It's really cool how many inexpensive wines are out there. We've bought several just cuz the labels make us grin....Jest Red, The Stump Jump, Smoking Loon, Toasted Head, Fat *******, and a great gift wine...Menage a Trois (they make a red and a white....cool they go both ways wink). KarenS (hic!) |
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Karen Sherwood wrote:
OTOH, if you have a Trader Joe's near you, DO try the Charles Shaw. Mike likes the Cabernet a bunch, I like the Shiraz, and I drink and cook with the Sauvignon Blanc fairly often. (Geez, I sound like a wino!) In California they sell it for $1.99 a bottle, earning it the loving nickname "two buck Chuck". Here in AZ it's another dollar, but still quite worth the price. I'll second that! We just tried Charles Shaw and were quite happy with both the price and the quality. (I _love_ TJ's! I'm enormously impressed by the price and quality of their foods. The nearest one is about 30 miles away, but it's a good excuse for going to Santa Fe - as if I needed one.) It's really cool how many inexpensive wines are out there. We've bought several just cuz the labels make us grin....Jest Red, The Stump Jump, Smoking Loon, Toasted Head, Fat *******, and a great gift wine...Menage a Trois (they make a red and a white....cool they go both ways wink). Yep - tried a few of these. Really liked Smoking Loon (also from TJ's, IIRC). Now if wine would just stop giving me hot flashes... :-( Carol in NM -- Born to live a life of leisure, still waiting for it to happen. To reply, unleash the dog |
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I like a heavy red; a Cabernet that really grabs you by the hair, so to
speak. It was gentle enough for my friend who prefers softer wines, after breathing for an hour or so. I've had lots of three-buck Chuck; it's an extra dollar here in Oregon, too. It varies a LOT, though, as it's any of a wide array of different overruns relabed for Charles Shaw. It can be excellent one time and not so great another, so if you get a bottle you like it's not a bad idea to go back and pick up a case the same day. I've had Smoking Loon (not bad) Fat *******, and Menage-et-Trois... I have a soft spot for wine that makes me smile, too. g. There are so many good cheap wines out there, but it's not quite the rich wonderland it was before the Columbia Valley wineries were "discovered". I used to buy Sokol-Blosser for $3.99 a bottle! Karen Sherwood wrote: LOL We've had the Screw Kappa Napa! We liked it okay but it wasn't in my personal top 10. OTOH, if you have a Trader Joe's near you, DO try the Charles Shaw. Mike likes the Cabernet a bunch, I like the Shiraz, and I drink and cook with the Sauvignon Blanc fairly often. (Geez, I sound like a wino!) In California they sell it for $1.99 a bottle, earning it the loving nickname "two buck Chuck". Here in AZ it's another dollar, but still quite worth the price. One of our other favorites, from Spain, is a nice blended red called Borsao. It's tanniny, with a really tasty berry finish. (Geez, I almost sound like I know something. Ha!) Yesterday we went to one of our favorite gourmet supermarkets (I get to go only with permission, generally with a chaperone G). For anyone who knows Phoenix, it's a local chain called AJ's. They have a wonderful wine selection and even someone on staff who KNOWS wine. Yesterday we stumbled on a tasting of some Aussie wines....Red Knot Cabernet and White Knot Chardonnay. The chardonnay is crisp and refreshing without being too sweet. And it has a "zork" cap....opens like a cork, recloses like a screwcap. LOL The cabernet is wonderful! Rich with a nice tannin but very smooth, and berries at the end. And $12.99 a bottle. It's really cool how many inexpensive wines are out there. We've bought several just cuz the labels make us grin....Jest Red, The Stump Jump, Smoking Loon, Toasted Head, Fat *******, and a great gift wine...Menage a Trois (they make a red and a white....cool they go both ways wink). KarenS (hic!) -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com |
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